“People have been seduced into believing that they can live in symbiosis with the State that is killing what little liberty and prosperity we still enjoy. We have succumbed to the lure of what Bastiat called ‘institutionalized plunder,’ fallen prey to the temptation to employ the State’s coercive power to live at the expense of others. And now we’ve reached a point where a simple weeding, even a thorough one, won’t suffice. Something much more invasive, more catastrophic, will be required to beat down the State’s overgrowth and clear the field so that freedom can flourish and genuinely civilized life can recover.” (08/26/08)